My God, you are an idiot.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

The Belgian solution to the deficit problem: Congress should just deadlock.

Not that it would help the economy.

Honestly, I don't think Congress is going to do anything to help the economy anyway.

So the question is, how much damage would the expiration of all the Bush tax cuts do? I don't know.

[Adder]

I learned from the Occupiers marching through the skyways at lunch that they do indeed have concrete goals. If I may quote:

"Hey, hey. Ho, ho. Corporate greed has got to go."

So, there you go. All political and shit.

ETA: Note to Hank: This is a pointless and unfunny joke. You might recognize it.

ETA: They were "marching" through a private building at the time, likely without the building owners consent or approval, although that part is generally open to the public. Too bad they weren't arrested, I guess.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

While we're talking about clearing out people so dogs have a place to shit, can anyone tell me why everyone worries about the dog Romney put on his car roof but no one really focuses on all the American workers he's got under his tires?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

While we're talking about clearing out people so dogs have a place to shit, can anyone tell me why everyone worries about the dog Romney put on his car roof but no one really focuses on all the American workers he's got under his tires?

For the same reason that Mike Vick is more hated than Donte Stallworth or the various players who have beaten up their wives and girlfriends: people have very strong feelings about hurting animals.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

While we're talking about clearing out people so dogs have a place to shit, can anyone tell me why everyone worries about the dog Romney put on his car roof but no one really focuses on all the American workers he's got under his tires?

One is literal and tragicomic, the other figurative and simply tragic.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

While we're talking about clearing out people so dogs have a place to shit, can anyone tell me why everyone worries about the dog Romney put on his car roof but no one really focuses on all the American workers he's got under his tires?

obama has fucked over more american workers than romney, John D. Rockefeller and Ronald McDonald combined. And he campaigned here on a promise to bring jobs back!

So far he is the biggest divide between promises and results of any president in my life time!

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

obama has fucked over more american workers than romney, John D. Rockefeller and Ronald McDonald combined. And he campaigned here on a promise to bring jobs back!

So far he is the biggest divide between promises and results of any president in my life time!

Assuming for a moment you aren't just full of it: how?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Adder

Assuming for a moment you aren't just full of it: how?

assuming for a moment I thought you weren't Maynard Krebs, I might answer you.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

Assuming for a moment you aren't just full of it: how?

He's just full of it. Yesterday it was Iceland's fault.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

[Adder]

Down to 8.6%. Saving another 1-1.5% over the next 11 months would really hange the complection of the election.

Of course doing that with jobs instead of declining participation kinda matters. If only government would stop offsetting private job growth.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

When I read about this this morning, I was viscerally upset and disgusted. And, it gets worse. Despite the administration threatening to veto the bill (which it should), according to Prof. Kopel on Volokh:


I would spit upon any House or Senate member I met who voted for this bill. By military fiat, any American can be detained forever and tortured at Gitmo because they are an alleged "terrorist" (however that is fucking defined). Korematsu anyone? Irony that in our "efforts" to protect ourselves from "terrorism," we give up the fundamental tenets of the country. I would say that Habeas should protect, but Congress and the Supreme court have virtually eviserated the Writ. Jeremy Bentham would be proud.

I am so happy to be a German. How further ironic is that?

Just catching up here -- but if the Obama Admin really told Congress to delete the language that exempted American citizens (aside: Does Volokh explain why Congress obeyed this directive?), and the Obama Admin has made a clear veto threat, what does that tell us?

Seems to suggest that Obama gets an easy veto here, that cannot possibly be overridden. Which might not have been the case without the deletion.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

He's just full of it. Yesterday it was Iceland's fault.

Thank you for keeping that one alive.

Did Iceland cause 9/11, too?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Just catching up here -- but if the Obama Admin really told Congress to delete the language that exempted American citizens (aside: Does Volokh explain why Congress obeyed this directive?), and the Obama Admin has made a clear veto threat, what does that tell us?

Seems to suggest that Obama gets an easy veto here, that cannot possibly be overridden. Which might not have been the case without the deletion.

That was my thought too. Sounds like the administration setting up a clean veto that otherwise Rs would use to bash him over the head for being soft on terror. This we he gets to reply that this would have allowed the detention of Americans.

Although Kopel links to the administration statement on the topic, which doesn't really have anything to do with detaining Americans.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Adder

Down to 8.6%. Saving another 1-1.5% over the next 11 months would really hange the complection of the election.

Of course doing that with jobs instead of declining participation kinda matters. If only government would stop offsetting private job growth.

Remember, each increase is Obama's fault, each decline comes because of the Job Creators, aka, the 1%.

It's the opposite of the stock market.